Month: July 2014

I’m writing this post while flying home from a three week holiday in Peru. Part of the tour my friend and I took was three days of bike riding, as well as a day of rafting and hiking the Inka trail. During the tour we were well looked after by a number of guides including a guide just for our bike riding section. He was definitely over qualified for the job – Jose-Luis was the national champion of Peru in cross country mountain bike five years ago. He now prefers ride downhill so I dubbed him the loco hombre. Our

Here’s the third and final guest blog post from super tourer Terra Ash. I hope you’ve enjoyed the series. I now I feel inspired to try touring after reading them. Over to Terra………. You’ve decided to go on your first bike tour, but it’s likely you’ve never had to pack for a trip quite like this before. Longer tours and bagging require more gear and more specialised gear, while shorter tours are a little bit easier to wing. If you have a tendency to pack too many clothes, it’s a good time to break that habit. Even if you’re having

Here’s part 2 of the three part series on bike touring from Terra Ash…. Like most outdoor endeavors, bicycle touring can be a very expensive activity or a relatively inexpensive one. One rule that will help you save money in the long run is to invest in high quality equipment from the beginning to prevent unnecessary replacements. Touring is hard on equipment, so it’s best to pay a little more for a higher quality product. What to look for in a Touring Bike? Above all else, make sure your bike fits you. You might be able to ride a

I must admit that I know almost nothing about touring by bike and have never tried to it out, so I was pleased when seasoned tourer Terra Ash contacted me from Iowa in the US and offered to write a guest blog post or two. That turned into a series of three blog posts about touring that will be published over the next few weeks. Enjoy………. Bike touring can be one of the most enjoyable forms of cycling. The first time you transport yourself using nothing but your body to travel to your destination you will simultaneously realise how

A couple of weeks ago I was doing some research for an article I’m writing about cycling clubs that support women for Bicycling Australia magazine, and I came across a Brisbane cycling club that’s attracting lots of women to its ranks, and working hard to support them. Kangaroo Point Cycling Club (KPCC) which might sound like it has a semi-rural bush setting is in fact based in Brisbane’s inner suburbs and has been around since 1905. It currently has over 200 members and about a quarter of them are women. I had a chat via email with Club Co-Captain Alix